A new lycopsid from the Upper Devonian of Hubei Province, China

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 519-531

  Xue, Jinzhuang ^a   Hao, Shougang ^a   Wang, Deming ^a   Liu, Zhengfeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forked leaves; Hubeiia; Late Devonian; Williamson's striations

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 18044370255     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428629     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Alvin KL 1965 A new fertile lycopsid from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Palaeontology 8:281-293.
2. Banks HP 1944 A new Devonian lycopsid genus from southeastern New York. Am J Bot 31:649-659.
3. Banks HP, PM Bonamo, JD Grierson 1972 Leclercqia complexa gen. et sp. nov., a new lycopsid from the late Middle Devonian of eastern New York. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 14:19-40.
4. Beck CB 1958 Levicaulis arranensis gen. et sp. nov., a lycopsid axis from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Trans R Soc Edinb 63: 445-456.
5. Berry CM, D Edwards 1996 The herbaceous lycophyte Haskinsia Grierson and Banks from the Devonian of western Venezuela, with observations on leaf morphology and fertile specimens. Bot J Linn Soc 122:103-122.
6. Berry CM, Y Wang, CY Cai 2003 A lycopsid with novel reproductive structures from the Upper Devonian of Jiangsu, China. Int J Plant Sci 164:263-273.
7. Bonamo PM, HP Banks, JD Grierson 1988 Leclercqia, Haskinsia, and the role of leaves in delineation of Devonian lycopsid genera. Bot Gaz 149:222-239.
8. Cai CY 2000 Non-marine Devonian System. Pages 95-127 in Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ed. Stratigraphical studies in China (1979-1999), China University of Science and Technology Press, Hefei.
9. Cai CY, LZ Chen 1996 On a Chinese Givetian lycopsid, Longostachys latisporophyllus Zhu, Hu, and Feng, emend,: its morphology, anatomy, and reconstruction. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 238:1-43.
10. Cai CY, HZ Qin 1986 First discovery of a stem with internal structure referable to Leptophloeum rhombicum from the Upper Devonian, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontol Sin 25:516-524. (In Chinese with English abstract.)
11. Cai CY, Y Wang 1995 Devonian floras. Pages 28-77 in XX Li, ed. Fossil floras of China through the geological ages, Guangdong Science and Technology, Guangzhou.
12. Chaloner WG, E Boureau 1967 Bryophyta Psilophyta Lycophyta, Pages 435-802 in E Boureau, ed. Traité de Paléobotanique. Vol 2. Masson, Paris.
13. Cichan MA, TN Taylor, EL Smoot 1981 The application of scanning electron microscopy in the characterization of Carboniferous lycopsid wood. Scanning Electron Microsc 3:197-201.
14. DiMichele WA, RM Bateman 1996 The rhizomorphic lycopsids: a case-study in paleobotanical classification. Syst Bot 21:535-552.
15. Evers RA 1951 A new Lepidodendron from Illinois. Am J Bot 38: 731-737.
16. Fairon-Demaret M 1977 A new lycophyte cone from the Upper Devonian of Belgium. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 162: 51-63.
17. _ 1978 Estinnophyton gracile gen. et sp. nov., a new name for specimens previously determined Protolepidodendron wahnbackense Kräusel & Weyland, from the Siegenian of Belgium. Acad R Belg Bull Cl Sci 64:597-610.
18. _ 1979 Estinnophyton wahnbachense (Kräusel & Weyland) comb, nov., une plante remarquable du Siegenian d'Allemagne. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 28:145-160.
19. Fry WL 1954 A study of the Carboniferous lycopsid, Paurodendron, gen. nov. Am J Bot 41:415-428.
20. Geng BY 1990 New observations on Leptophloeum rhombicum from the Upper Devonian of Hubei, China. Acta Bot Sin 32: 951-956. (In Chinese with English abstract.)
21. Gensel PG, CM Berry 2001 Early lycophyte evolution. Am Fern J 91: 74-98.
22. Grierson JD 1976 Leclercqia complexa (Lycopsida, Middle Devonian): its anatomy, and the interpretation of pyrite petrifactions. Am J Bot 63:1184-1202.
23. Grierson JD, HP Banks 1963 Lycopods of the Devonian of New York State. Palaeontogr Am 4:217-295.
24. _ 1983 A new genus of lycopsids from the Devonian of New York State. Bot J Linn Soc 86:81-101.
25. Hao SG, SL Mei 1987 Further observations on Archaeopteris macilenta Lesquereux from western Hubei. Acta Palaeontol Sin 26:555-562. (In Chinese with English abstract.)
26. Hao SG, DM Wang, Q Wang 2004 A new species of Estinnophyton from the Lower Devonian Posongchong Formation of Yunnan, China: its phylogenetic and palaeophytogeographical significance. Bot J Linn Soc 146:201-216.
27. Iurina A, Y Lemoigne 1975 Anatomical characters of the axes of arborescent lepidophytes of the Siberian Devonian, referred to Lepidodendropsis kazackstanica Senkevitsch 1961. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 150:162-168.
28. Klavins SD 2004 Re-interpretation of Wexfordia hookense from the Upper Devonian of Ireland as an arborescent lycophyte. Bot J Linn Soc 144:275-287.
29. Kräusel R, H Weyland 1932 Pflanzenreste aus dem Devon. IX. Protolepidodendron. Senckenbergiana 14:391-403.
30. _ 1940 Pflanzenreste aus dem Devon. XII. Die Gattung Protolepidodendron Krejci. Senckenbergiana 22:6-16.
31. _ 1949 Pflanzenreste aus dem Devon. XIV. Gilboaphyton und die Protolepidophytales. Senckenbergiana 30:129-152.
32. Leclercq S 1960 Réféndage d'une roche fossilifère et dégagement de ses fossiles sous binoculaire. Senckenb Lethaea 41:483-487.
33. Li CS 1990 Minarodendron cathaysiense (gen. et comb, nov.), a lycopsid from the late Middle Devonian of Yunnan, China. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 220:97-117.
34. Li XX, YW Dou, ZH Sun 1986 The genus Leptophloeum Dawson based on a recent study of new material from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontol Sin 25:349-379. (In Chinese with English abstract.)
35. Matten LC 1989 A petrified lycopsid from the Uppermost Devonian of Hook Head, County Wexford, Ireland. Bot Gaz 150: 323-336.
36. Meyer-Berthaud B 1984 Les axes de Lycophytes à structure anatomique conservée du Carbonifère basai (Tournaisien) de la Montagne Noire: Trabicaulis gen. nov. et Landeyrodendron gen. nov. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 190:1-36.
37. Morey ED, PR Morey 1977 Paralycopodites minutissimum gen. et sp. n. from the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 162:64-69.
38. Pant DD, J Walton 1961 Lycostachys protostelicus gen. et sp. nov. and some associated megaspores from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 108:1-10.
39. Pichi-Sermolli REG 1958 The higher taxa of the Pteridophyta and their classfication. Pages 70-90 in O Hedberg, ed. Systematics of today. Uppsala Universitistets Arsskrift, Uppsala.
40. Rowe NP 1988a A herbaceous lycophyte from the Lower Carboniferous Drybrook Sandstone of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Palaeontology 31:69-83.
41. _ 1988b Two species of the lycophyte genus Eskdalia Kindston from the Drybrook Sandstone (Viséan) of Great Britain. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 208:81-103.
42. Roy BA, LC Matten 1989 Lycopsids from the New Albany Shale. Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 212:1-45.
43. Senkevitsch MA, AL Jurina, AD Arkhangelskaya 1993 On fructifications, morphology, and anatomy of Givetian lepidophytes in Kazakhstan (USSR). Palaeontogr Abt B Palaeophytol 230: 43-58.
44. Stein WE, DC Wight, CB Beck 1982 Techniques for preparation of pyrite and limonite permineralizations. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 36: 185-194.
45. Stewart WN, GW Rothwell 1993 Palaeobotany and the evolution of fossil plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
46. Taylor TN, EL Taylor 1993 The biology and evolution of fossil plants. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
47. Wang Q 2002 Studies on the genus Sublepidodendron (Nathorst) Hirmer, 1927. PhD diss. Peking University.
48. Wang Q, SG Hao, DM Wang, DL Dilcher 2002 An anatomically preserved arborescent lycopsid, Sublepidodendron songziense (Sublepidodendraceae), from the Late Devonian of Hubei, China. Am J Bot 89:1468-1477.
49. Wang Q, SG Hao, DM Wang, Y Wang, T Denk 2003 A Late Devonian arborescent lycopsid Sublepidodendron songziense Chen emend. (Sublepidodendraceae Kräusel et Weyland 1949) from China, with a revision of the genus Sublepidodendron (Nathorst) Hirmer 1927. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 127:269-305.
50. Wang Y 2001 A new lycopsid megaspore cone from the Upper Devonian of Chaohu, China. Bot J Linn Soc 136:439-448.
51. Williamson WC 1869 On the structure and affinities of some exogenous stems from the coal measures. Mon Micros J 2:66-72.
52. Xian SY, SL Bai, SY Jin, ST Wang, HF Hou 1988 Regional stratigraphical characteristics: the south China region. Pages 141-143 in HF Hou, ST Wang, eds. The Devonian System of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing.
53. Zhu JN, YF Hu, SN Feng 1983 On occurrence and significance about the fossil plants from the Yuntaiguan Formation located between Hunan and Hubei. Acta Bot Sin 25:75-81. (In Chinese with English abstract.)